An Aurora man was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 3:02 p.m. Wednesday on County Road 1235, four miles south of Marionville in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Paul M. Dolis, 20, was taken to St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, the patrol said.
The northbound vehicle slid off the road on a curve and struck a tree, the patrol said.
n A Joplin teen suffered minor injuries in a traffic accident at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday on Route P, five miles south of Joplin, the state patrol said.
Lindsay C. Ochsenbein, 19, was westbound when she lost control of the car, which ran off the road, entered a ditch and overturned, the patrol said.
She was taken by ambulance to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, the patrol said.
n Two Seneca residents were injured in a three-vehicle accident at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Coyote Drive, a mile south of Joplin, the state patrol said.
One of the drivers, Mary A. Fort, 73, and a passenger, Miriam J. Fort, 35, were taken to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, the patrol said.
The patrol said a westbound vehicle driven by Walter V. Carel, 17, of Joplin, pulled into the path of the southbound Fort car, striking that vehicle and then colliding with an eastbound vehicle driven by Linda F. Alderman, 53, of Joplin.
n An Eagle Rock man was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 4 p.m. Tuesday on Route E, two miles east of Missouri Highway 86 in Barry County, the state patrol said.
Lee W. Collins, 69, was taken to St. John’s Hospital in Cassville, the patrol said.
Collins was driving an eastbound vehicle that ran off the roadway, and struck a sign and a fence, the patrol said.
Local News
<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/policeandfire.gif" border=0 > Several injured in traffic accidents on area roadways
- Local News
-
-
City wants to buy weather radios for those without
Phil Jones had been working on a construction project outside his house all day on May 22 and was unaware that a tornado watch had been issued. Once he was inside, though, his weather radio went off, and he learned that a warning had been issued.
-
Architects present preliminary JHS plans at community meeting
Reaction appeared mostly supportive Thursday night among the roughly 50 people who attended a community meeting at which architects presented their preliminary site plans for the future combined Joplin High School and Franklin Technology Center.
-
Confessed shooter testifies against co-defendants in Pittsburg murder case
Rickey Smith testified Thursday that as he came in the back door of Ryan Bailey’s home in Pittsburg with a 9 mm pistol in his hand, Bailey looked up from the couch in his living room.
-
School district’s proposed street-closing plan questioned
Plans to close some streets near the proposed Joplin High School drew questions, including a challenge from a former Joplin mayor, during a public hearing this week.
-
Neosho council approves new golf cart contract
The purchase of golf carts was back on the agenda this week for the Neosho City Council. City Attorney Steve Hays said there were errors in the financing terms that were part of a bid approved last month for the purchase of 55 gas-powered carts from E-Z-Go for $144,195, so the purchase of a new fleet was rebid.
-
Mike Pound: Spirit of competition evident during double-overtime game
When I played basketball in high school, I played in several very close games.
Now, some people who may have known me in high school are probably laughing right now and saying, “What Mike meant to say is that when he was in high school, he came very close to playing in some games.” -
Mo. optometrist filed $40 million refund claim
A southwest Missouri optometrist who filed a tax return claiming a $40 million refund has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison.
-
Okla. receives waiver from No Child Left Behind
Oklahoma’s top education official reacted with glee Thursday with the announcement that the state is one of 10 states being granted a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law that requires students be proficient in reading and math by 2014 — but focused on getting students to “just pass the tests.”
-
Kan. House approves bipartisan redistricting bill
Power in the Kansas House is likely to shift next year from rural parts of the state to the Kansas City area after members overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill Thursday for redrawing their districts.
-
Fugitive in 1993 British heist arrested in Ozark
A man suspected of stealing about $1.5 million from a security van in England in 1993 has been arrested in southwest Missouri.
- More Local News Headlines
-
Obama Gives Education Waivers to 10 States
Giffords Aide to Run for Her Seat
LA School in Sex Abuse Scandal Reopens
Winter Slamming North Asia, Parts of Europe
Syrian Forces Renew Bombardment of Homs
States, Banks Reach Foreclosure-abuse Settlement
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
Greeks March; Angry Despite Debt Deal
Raw Video: U.S. Pullout Celebration
Raw Video: Annual Empire State Building Run-Up
Man Killed in Courthouse Shootout
Air Force Airlines: Leaders Get Polished Service
Ga Girl Fights Off Kidnapper at Walmart
Nevada Highway Patrol, City Settle Beating Case
Homs Bombardment Continues, Global Outcry Grows
Raw Video: Dog Rescued From Icy Colo. Water
Skip the Coffee Cup and Inhale Your Caffeine Fix
